In Britain, medical ethics experts are pushing for an inquiry into the ethics of transgendered births and its effects on the child. Apparently, researchers are concerned that if a transgendered female-to-male gives birth, the rights of the parent to reproduce comes at the expense of the child’s interests. This call to “defend” the child’s rights ...
University students are pushing for gender neutral bathrooms for transgendered students. They say that students are often bullied when they go into either male or female bathrooms, and choosing which to use can be uncomfortable and embarrassing. The University of Western Ontario, in London, started building gender neutral bathrooms in 2008. The University of Victoria ...
Gay marriage is now legal in many places, and an understanding is slowly slipping into the minds of children and adults alike. So why the hell are transgendered individuals still being made to feel like outcasts from society? Well, because people suck. One example of what can only be called horrible prejudice comes out of ...
Do you ever crave the free-spirited joy of childhood games, full of imagination and role-playing? Well, if you do, you are certainly not alone. Plenty of adults have turned their childhood fantasies into sexual escapades as adults, allowing their inner animal to come out and play. The Fox Hunt is a kinky hide-and-seek for animal-loving ...
Sometimes, reality television is the best. On Thailand’s Got Talent, one contestant took a risk by singing a duet, by herself. Before launching into the number Nantita Khumpiramon told the judges: “I’m going to sing two songs which I’ve remixed myself.” Transsexuals are more common in Thailand than in many other countries, so the fact ...
I may not agree with what you say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it. A preacher has been arrested for publicly declaring his belief that homosexuality is a sin. He has been charged under the UK’s Public Order Act, which forbids using abusive or insulting language. At what point ...
April Ashley, Britain’s first transsexual to have a sex change, celebrates her 50th anniversary of being a woman next year. She is now taking part in an exhibition at Welcome Collection exploring how identity is formed and examines legal, emotional, and scientific aspects of transsexualism. Despite suffering beating from her parents, attempting suicide, being institutionalised, and being ...
It is against the law for women in France to wear pants, unless they are holding the reigns of a horse, or the handlebars of a bicycle. Which means French policewomen are breaking the law. The law initially came into force in 1800. The Paris police chief who proposed it apparently had a problem with ...
Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...
Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...
Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...
